Hinge



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Patented Qct. 25, 1927.

PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES S. BOOK, OF, CHICAGO, ILLINOXS, ASSIGNOILOE FOUR ONETHUNDREDTHS' TO WALTER J. OBRIEN, THIRTY-TNO. ONE-HUNDREDTHS: TO. JAMES W. SEWARD, AND THIRTY-TWO ONE-HUNDREDTHS TOS FRANK COLOMBO. y'

HINGE.

Application leid November This invention relates to a hinge mounting particularly for easement windowsashes al' though it is capable ofmore general use and for instance7 in connection with sashes and doors of domestic, oflice and store furniture.

A prime object is to'develop a device of this character which will permit vthe sash, door or closure to be selectively swung from an axis at either of the opposed sides thereof. l Secondly, an aim is to provide a mountingof this character which will enable vthe change in movement of the closure from one axis to the other axis to be accomplished automatically by return ofV the closure to normal position and subsequent operation thereof in the appropriate direction.

A further important object is to produce a structure accomplishing the end stated which embodies a pair of hinge elements arranged so that one element resists movement of the other element should the closnretend to move laterally in parallelism to its frame, to thereby Vinsure movement of the' closure from a single axis` at a time when otherwise moved with respect to its frame.

An operative embodiment ofthe invention as appliedto a` easementV window is shown by way of example, inthe accompanying drawings and from a consideration thereof additional objects and advantages will appear. i

In said drawings Figure 1 is a View inelevation of the inner side of a easement window equipped with the present invention;

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2 2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary elevation of the upper parts of Figure 1 and takenfrom the reverse side;

Figure 4 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 3, but with the sashes in open position; u

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 4, but with the sashes in another adjusted or open position;

Figure 6- is a sectional view taken on the line 6-6 of Figure 3 and Figure 7' is a sectional view taken onthe. line 7--7 of Figure 3. A

Referring specifically to the'drawings, a conventionaleasement window frame 1() has 9, 1925, Serial No. 67,777.

tWo similar sashes or closure members 11 fitted in a usual rabbet 12 at the outer or weather side of the frame. Said sashes 11 carry transparent panels 13. One of the sashes has a weatherwstrip 14 thereon overlapping the adjacent side of the companion sash. f

Operatively positioned between the upper and low-er ends of each sash or closure .member 11 and the frame 107 is aA hinge mounting A forming the prime feature of the present invention and which enablevthe sashes to be swung to the positions of either Figure4 or Figure 5. The closures 11 may be lockedV in closed position by conventional catches as at B. Said catches B Amay each consist of a plate 15 secured to the sash and mounting a rotatable latch 16 which may engage the slot of a keeper 17 secured' to the frame.

Each hinge mount-ing comprises aipair of hinge bars 18 and 19. Bar 18 at opposite ends and by means of pins 2() and 21 is pivoted to an attachingI leaf or bracket 22 and to the horizontalwing 23 of an attach' ing leaf orl bracket '24. Said leaves or brackets 22 and 24 are respectively screwed or otherwise` fastened as at 25 to the adjacent sash or closure 11 and to the frame 10. The bars 19 are arranged inwardly Yof the bars 1S and'each has a pin 2,6 and 27 at its opposite ends. Saidl pin 26 pivotally connects bar 19a-'ith a leaf or bracket 28 screwed as at 29 to the adjacentclosure.11. zontal portion 30 of a leaf or bracket 31 has the pin 27 pivotally connected thereto. Screws or the like 32 secure said bracket 28 to the closure 11.

Said bars 18 and 19 and associated parts of each mounting A are substantially completely located in the, thickness of the associated closure or sash 11 accommodated in av recess or rabbet thereof as at 83 and substantially concealed from the outside by walls or extensions 34 on the kclosures 11. The pins 2,0 and 26, and 21 and 27, respectively, are in vertical alignment when the window is. closed and the different parts of each mounting` are ,in compact supe'rposed relation withthe bars 1S and 19 particu? larly in vertical alignment. Each of the A horiieu brackets and bars 18 and 19 have offset por CJi tions as at 35 where engaged by the pins 20, 2l, 26 and 27 in order to outwardly offset said pins.

In the arrangement shown, should the sashes tend to move transversely of the frame in parallelism thereto, such tendency will be counteracted or precluded since the bars 18 counteract the bars 19 by reason of the fixed pivots at opposite sides of the frames. In this manner, the closures 11 must be swung in order to open them, and will swing on one axis at a time without interference by the parts which enable movement from the other axis.

Should it be desired to open the sashes or closures 11, as in Figure 4, the catches B are released and the sashes are pushed outwardly at their inner stiles and they swing from the pivot pins 20 and 26. During the latter movement, the bars 19 move unitarily with the sashes. In order to open the sashes as in Figure 5, the outer vertical stiles of the sashes or closures are pushed outwardly, during which the sashes move on pivot pins 21 and 27 with bars 18 moving unitarily with the sashes or closures. In moving from either of the positions constrasted in Figures l and 5, it is first necessary to move the sashes or closures to closed position and then to the position desired because of the aforesaid arrangement of bars 19. The mountings B work automaticaly through movement of the sashes to adapt them for actuation to accommodate the sashes in the different positions of the latter. Said sashes or closures 11 may further be so adjusted that either may be in the position of Figure 4 with the remaining one in the position of Figure 5.

rIhe present application is a continuation in part of my application Serial No. 638,386, filed May 11, 1923 for an improvement in windows.

Various changes may be resorted to in the details of construction of my invention without departing from the spirit thereof or limiting its scope, and hence restriction to the precise details herein disclosed is not to be inferred.

What is claimed is 1. In combination with a closure member and a frame therefor, hinge members in normal position arranged substantially opposite each other, means pivoting one of the hinge members adjacent an 'end thereof to the frame, means pivoting the other hinge member at the relatively opposite end thereof to the frame, and means in line with said means respectively pivoting the other ends of the hinge members to the closure members.

2. In combination with a closure member andI a frame therefor, hinge members in normal position arranged substantially opposite each other, means pivoting one of the hinge members adjacent an end thereof tothe frame, means pivoting the other hinge member at the relatively opposite end thereof to the frame, and means in line with said means respectively pivoting the other ends of the hinge members to the closure members, said hinge members being located normally substantially within the thickness of the'closure member.

3. In combination with a closure member and a frame therefor, hinge members in normal position arranged substantially opposite each other, means pivoting one of the hinge members adjacent an end thereof to the frame, means pivoting the other hinge member at the relatively opposite end thereof to the frame, means in line with said means respectively pivoting the other ends of the hinge members to the closure members, andY said hinge members having osets at each end in which the pivot elements are mounted.

a. In combination with a elosuremember and a frame therefor, hinge members in normal position arranged substantially opposite each other, means pivoting one. of the hinge members adjacent an end thereof to the frame, means pivoting the other hinge memments normally arranged substantially in superposed aligned relation, means to pivotally secure said elements at relatively oppof site ends to a relatively fixed member, means to pivotally secure said elements at the remaining ends to a relatively movable member, the latter means in the said relation of the elements being aligned with the adjacent first mentioned means.

6. A window construction comprising a frame, a sash, a pair of bars disposed one at the upper end and one at the lower end of the sash, said bars being pivotally connected to the frame at diagonally opposite corners and pivotally connected to the sash at diagonally opposite corners, a second pair of bars pivotally connected to the sash and frame in such manner as to permit swinging movement of the sash onveither of the pivots of the first named pair of bars. Y Y

ZA window construction comprising a frame, a sash, a pair of bars disposed one at the upper end and one at the lower end of the sash, said bars being pivotally connected to the frame at diagonally opposite corners and pivotally connected to the sash at diagonally said second named pair of bars being pivopposite corners, a second pair'of bars disotally connected to thefrarne at diagonally 10 posed one above and one below the ends of opposite corners whereby said sash lnay be the sash and in parallel relation to the iirst swung outwardly into position transversely nalned pair of bars', brackets pivotally conof the frame from either side edge of the neoted to said second named'pair of bars at sash.

diagonally opposite corners ofthe sash, said y l y brackets being rigidly Connected to the sash, CHARLES S. BOOK. 

